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CVE-2020-2018

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Panorama context switching feature allows an attacker with network access

An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Panorama context switching feature allows an attacker with network access to a Panorama's management interface to gain privileged access to managed firewalls. An attacker requires some knowledge of managed firewalls to exploit this issue. This issue does not affect Panorama configured with custom certificates authentication for communication between Panorama and managed devices. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26.

PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.12.

PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.6.

All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9 EPSS 0.00319
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-287Improper Authentication
CWE-287Improper Authentication
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Affected Products & Versions

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paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 7.1.0 and < 7.1.26
paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 8.0.0 and <= 8.0.20
paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 8.1.0 and < 8.1.12
paloaltonetworks pan-os>= 9.0.0 and < 9.0.6
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Scoring & Timeline

9
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD13 May 2020 · 07:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2018Vendor Advisory
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